303 private university applications awaiting NUC approval
The Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC), Abubakar Rasheed, has disclosed that the commission is currently processing 303 applications for the establishment of...
UTME: JAMB arrests 50 ‘Professional Examination Writers’
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said it has uncovered and arrested over 50 ‘Professional Examination Writers’ who specialised in writing examination for candidates...
Stable academic calendar vital than students’ unionism – UI VC
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Idowu Olayinka has expressed his fears about the return of students' unionism linking it to the destabilising...
FG reduces unity colleges tuition
The Nigerian Federal Government said that it has reduced the cost of the tuition and other fees for students at its 104 Federal Government...
Meet best graduating student who wrote UTME thrice
Gaining admission into the university was not an easy accomplishment for Henry Emmanuel who has emerged the best graduating student at the University of...
‘We are all captives as long as Chibok girls are in...
On 14th April, 2014, some 219 school girls were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. The Nigerian government was able to...
Buhari assures release of remaining Chibok girls, Leah Sharibu
President Muhammadu Buhari has given assurance that his promise
to ensure the release of Leah Sharibu and the remaining Chibok girls in
captivity of...
JAMB speaks on hijab use at CBT centres
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has declared that it had not laid any restrictions to the use of hijab at Computer-Based Test...
UTME: Medical student arrested for attempting impersonation
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that it arrested a third year medical student and another undergraduate for attempting to write...
Abalaye Nigeria to organise Yorùbá Quiz Competition 2.0
An indigenous language promotion organisation, Àbáláyé Nigeria has announced the conduct of the second edition of her annual Yorùbá Quiz Competition.
It said that the...
Gbadamosi Azeez emerges AAPOLY SU president
A Higher National Diploma (HND) 2 student, Gbadamosi Azeez has emerged the leader of the Student Union Government (SUG) at Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic, Ijebu-Igbo.
He...
‘Rewarding excellence would reduce brain drain among medical graduates’ – Don
A don, Foluso Lesi has called for a culture of rewarding excellence as a way of reducing brain drain within the medical professions in...
175 million children are not enrolled in pre-primary education – UNICEF
Despite the proven and lifelong benefits, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has said that over 175 million children –...
LASU Alumni reunite in honour of pioneer VC
It was a reunion of some sort as alumni members of the Lagos State University (LASU) converged on the university campus in honour of...
UTME: Candidate risks failure after avoiding biometric verification
A candidate who sneaked into a Computer Based Centre in Ogun State is risking failure after he was caught not have gone through the...
Water factory to boost IGR at YABATECH
A water factory recently commissioned at the Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) is set to boost the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of...
MURIC calls for justice over alleged hijab discrimination at JAMB CBT...
Human rights group, Muslim Rights Concern has called for justice on behalf of the daughter of a broadcaster and other hijab wearing...
Former HOD explains why late UI lecturer spent 22 years on...
A former Head of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Ibadan, Ezekiel Ayoola has explained why Aminu Zubairu spent 22 years on...
Units under the Federal Ministry of Education
The Federal Ministry of Education (FME) in Nigeria relies on various organs for it to provide services to the general public. These...
Two Nigerian universities make global SDG ranking
Two universities in Nigeria were among higher institutions believed to be making a global impact in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
They are the University...